Man: Beware the darkness that soon will rise.
Baby Calla: Daddy….
Man: The time will tell you and teach you everything about your future soon.
Baby Calla: Daddy where are you?
Calla was looking around for Xavier, she never had seen her father, but Xavier fulfilled that part in her life. She called him daddy since the beginning. She remembered that time, she was 6 and they were playing hide and seek. She looked everywhere but didn't found him. She called his name again in fear but no response. She sat down at the corner of the room, hugged her knees and sobbed hard. She was calling her daddy between her sobs and hiccups. But he didn't replied. Suddenly the door opened and she covered her face with her palms. The boots stopped somewhere in front of her and there was a thump as whoever it was settled down, their breath warming her hands.Whoever it was grabbed her wrists and his hands were massive, they made her shiver in fear.
They removed her palms from her face. She shut her eyes tightly, a loud sob escaped her lips when that huge figure held both of her wrists in one hand and with the second they pinched her chin softly. She didn't open her eyes, not until they kissed her lips lovingly. She opened her eyes and looked at the strange man sitting. A smirk plastered on his lips he again came close to her and kissed her, this time she kissed him back. He licked her lower lip, asking for entrance. She didn't protested. Parting her lips, she let him in. His tongue slid into her mouth, tasting every single corner of her mouth. She was almost out of breath when he released her. Breathing heavily, she looked at her reflection on the shining marble floor. She wasn't a baby anymore. She was back in her age.
He held both of her wrists above her head and leaned down until his lips reached to the nape of her neck. He bit her weak spot lightly and she moaned out loud. He kept kissing and nibbling her neck until she gave up and stopped resisting him. He let go of her wrists and pulled her in his lap. He trailed wet kisses from her jawline and ended up at her chest. She was holding his shoulders tightly. In a flash he strip off her shirt. She closed her eyes as he reached to her pulse, but instead of kissing he spoke, in a deep voice.
Man: Beware the darkness that soon will rise.
As he said it, darkness enveloped her again and then she was standing on a highway. She looked here and there then the reality hit her hard. She was at the same highway where her daddy and her step sister died in a car accident. She clapped both of her hands on her mouth to block her sobs. It was the most horrible night of her life. She lost her family that night. She was sleeping in her bedroom with Sophie when her phone rang in the middle of the night. She got up and went out of her room, she didn't want to disturb her niece in her sleep. Sidney was in the guest room as her apartment was under the renovations. She picked up the call and spoke in her half sleepy voice.
Calla: Hello.
Woman: Are you Miss Calla Davis?
Calla: Yes, who is this?
Woman: I'm officer Kelly miss Davis. You have to came to highway. I'm sending you the location.
Calla: Wait why? What's wrong? 'she asked in confusion.'
Officer Kelly: I'm sorry Miss Davis. But Mr and Mrs Luke are no more.
Calla: What? 'she yelled out loud that Sidney heard it too and quickly went out of room.
Officer Kelly: Their car caught in an accident. I'm sorry Miss Davis but they are not alive anymore.
Calla fell on the floor, tears rolling down on her cheeks. Sidney asked her and she could only get her self to say a few words. "Daddy and Mara are gone." She burst into tears and sobs. Thanks God, Sidney's driver was there too. She told her driver to take Calla to the location, was sent to her by officer Kelly. He nodded and took her there as fast as he could. An an hour they were at the highway. Officer Kelly came to Calla and gave her a piece of paper, something was written on it. Tears pooled out of her eyes when she realized that Mara used her blood to write her that latter. She opened it and read it.
" I'm sorry Calla. I don't think so we
can survive this, but we will always be
watching you, like a guardian.
Promise me, you'll take care of
Sophie and will raise her like your
own child. Promise me that you
will protect her and look after her
like me and daddy did to you. And
keep one thing I'm your mind, you'll
always be my older daughter.
Love you Mara."
Calla held that letter to her chest, knelt on the ground and cried. She felt hot breaths on the back of her neck. Someone grabbed both of her shoulders and stilled her movements. Then again she heard that same whisper.
"Beware the darkness that soon will rise."
With a loud gasp she woke up on her bed. Sophie was still sleeping. She sighed in relief that it was just a nightmare. She looked down and found herself naked in bed. She looked around and found her nighty was on the ground. She looked around but everything was on it's place. She scratched her head in confusion, then got up and wore her nighty back. She stepped into the shower, washed her body then got out. She wore her skinny jeans and t-shirt and paired them up with boots and went downstairs to prepare breakfast. She went back to her room. Sophie was already awake. She helped Sophie in bath. Then she made Sophie ware a cute pink knee length puffy dress and they went downstairs to have their breakfast. After breakfast, she dropped Sophie to her school and came to work. She entered her office and sat on her chair. Suddenly, the door burst opened and Sidney barged in. She had an angry face and she looked pissed. She asked Calla in a loud angry voice. "What happened yesterday? And why in hell you didn't call me?"
Calla replied in an annoyed tone. "Good morning to you too Sidney."
Sidney sat on the front chair and spoke again.
"I'm serious, tell me what happened?" Seeing her worried face Calla gave her a smile and spoke again.
"Nothing happened. Whatever happened, should have happened long ago. I was noticing his behavior with Sophie. I can't stand anyone pity her or call her names."
Hearing her response, Sidney leaned back on the chair and thought for a moment then asked her back. " Are you alright?" Calla nodded her head and spoke again.
"To be honest, I'm feeling like I'm free, after a long long time. I can do whatever I want and there is no one here to stop me."She said it with a satisfied smile.
Sidney giggled and spoke again. " Well then happy Independence day to you. Now back to work."
She stayed in Calla's office for a good long hour. They discussed their weekly plans and talked about the problems and everything. After an hour, Sidney left for a business meeting and Calla was left alone in her room. She busied herself in her work. In an hour or so she was done with her work. She sighed in relief, leaned back to her chair and closed her eyes. All the scenes of her hot dream came back to her mind. She didn't understand why she was acting like this. It was just a dream.
Her hot thoughts were interrupted by a phone call. Annoyed with the sudden interruption she picked up the phone and yelled at whoever had disturbed her. "What?"
She heard a woman's voice from the other side of the line. "Miss Davis, it's me Annie. I'm sorry to bother you but Sophie isn't in the school." Fear gripped her and her mouth went dry.
She swallowed a lump that formed in her throat and spoke again. "What do you mean by she's not in the school? I dropped her myself like every day."
There was a moment of silence on the other side then Annie spoke again. " Im not sure what happened? She went to toilet but didn't come back."
A loud gasp escaped Calla's mouth and she spoke again. "I'm on my way to school." She hung up with that, picked up her mobile and car keys and ran to Sidney's office.
She barged in and spoke with the heavy breaths. "Sophie's missing, I need to go to school right now."
Sidney stood up in shock and spoke. "Take my car and driver. I don't want you end up in the hospital." Calla nodded and ran out of the building. The driver was ready and waiting for Calla. As she came out he held the door open for her. She sat in and they drove off. All her way to school, Calla was praying that it all would be a prank and Sophie would be in her classroom.
The driver stopped the car at the main entrance of the school and Calla ran towards Sophie's classroom. She heard some yelling. Principal Ellen was yelling at all the teachers. Calla entered in the classroom and spoke, breathing heavily. "Where is Sophie?"Principal Ellen gave her a worried look. But she also had to save her school's reputation. She replied to Calla. "Miss Davis you can't be here, you know the school rules."Calla anger rose and she spoke in a low but angry voice. "To hell with your school rules. My niece is missing and you're telling me your stupid rules." Principal shut her mouth knowing exactly what Calla is capable of.Calla asked her question again. "Now Where is Sophie?"
Calla turned around to see Xavier was standing, she knelt on the ground and started sobbing hard. Xavier also knelt, cupped her face and spoke. "What is it Calla?"Calla looked in his eyes and spoke, "I've failed you, I've failed you both. You both trusted me with Sophie and I wasn't able to protect her."Xavier gave her a small smile, he wiped her tears and spoke again in a calm tone. "You've done more than you could. But this isn't something you can handle that easily. You need help Calla."Calla gave him a confused look and spoke. "The cops are trying but….."before she could finish Xavier cut her in the middle and spok
Calla woke up next morning, alone in that room. Her phone was buzzing on the night stand. She picked it up and said in sleepy tone. "Hello."Sidney yelled from the other side of the line. "Where the hell are you? Do you have any idea how worried I am?"Calla rolled her eyes on that and replied in an annoyed tone. " Good morning to you too."Hearing her annoyed reply Sidney fumed up more and said. "I'm asking you where are you?"Calla sat up and spoke. "I'm fine, I will be working from home. Please try to understand…."She wasn't able to complete her sentence,
Flash back (night before Sophie was kidnapped.)Ethan came back home, had his dinner. He was too tired today, looking after Calla whole day was tiring. He didn't touch his work. He went straight to bed to get some sleep. He was vampire but using spells to keep Calla save, takes a lot of his energy. He laid on the bed and thought about Calla. He could still sence the sweet berries scent of her body. Berries are something he couldn't avoid. He loves all kinds of berries. He closed his eyes, it didn't took him long, he fell asleep.Ethan was sitting on a huge rock in a dark forest. He looked around, he was all alone. Then a familiar scent hit his nostrils and he knelt down on the ground. He bowed his head down in respect and smiled when the scent got stronger. It
(Flash Back continue)Ethan came back to her bedroom, he looked at Calla's sleeping figure, she was looking more beautiful while sleeping. He went to the couch and threw himself on it. He laid down on the couch, he was hell tired by now. He hadn't fed in weeks, he was busy keeping Calla safe. Because of not feeding on human's blood he was a bit weak, he was using too much of his powers, practicing new spells, also using different spells for Calla. He needed blood to get back to his full strength. He sighed, a yawn escaped his lips. He closed his eyes.Just then he heard a whimper, "Daddy." It was nothing for a normal human ear but Ethan heard it loud and clear. He opened his eyes and looked at Calla. She was still asleep but she was having a n
Calla looked at the trashy house, everything was fully destroyed. She took in her surroundings and the only thing came up in her to call a name and she screamed that name at the top of her lungs. "ETHAN…" She screamed as loud as she could. She wasn't sure with his super human strength, how far he went. But to her surprise, in a second he was standing next to her. He encircled one of his arms around her waist, protectively pulling her close to him, making sure she's fine and safe.Ethan looked around, every thing was broken. (Some one must have come after Calla.) He thought. He sniffed the air to catch a scent but to his surprise, there were none. "How could someone do this to my house?" Calla asked with anger dripping in her voice.Ethan looked at her, her eyes were fil
After Ethan was done in the gym, he stretched his body and made his way upstairs. He wanted to take a shower before dinner. He went to his room and was about to enter the bathroom when the sweet smell of fresh berries reached his nostrils. Inhaling it deeply, he filled his lungs with it. He knew Calla was around. He made his way to the closet and found her standing in nothing but a towel, that reached to her upper thigh. She was in deep thoughts, she was swaying her hips in a rhythm. It was like she was playing a song in her own head and dancing with the rhythm. Ethan slowly made his way to her, it was like his feet dragging him to her. She picked a t-shirt from his closet and turned around and bumped into Ethan. She looked at him through her thick lashes, her cheeks were pink.Ethan controlled himself, took the shirt from her hand
"I'm one of the creatures, a she-wolf actually." Sidney said with a proud grin on her face. Calla looked at her with shock visible on her face."Am I the only one here who is a normal human being?" Calla said as she got up and left the kitchen. She couldn't believe it. Xavier, Mara and even her best friend kept her in the dark. They didn't trust her to tell her the whole truth. She felt like she was meeting strangers. Calla ran to Ethan's room and locked herself."Calla, open the door. Please let me explain." Sidney said, knocking on the door. Calla was sobbing but managed to speak."Go away Sidney, I don't want any explanations, nor I want your sympathy." Her voice cracked